However you slice the group stage you’ll get some bad or low-stakes games. I feel like for me at least the swiss format this year was the best in a long time with more hype matches and series than any group stage I can remember.
I do miss the times of old where all teams got to play on the main stage at least once. I hope I’ll be proven wrong next week but ever since Valve stepped away and gave the whole thing to PGL The International hasn’t felt the same.
However you slice the group stage you’ll get some bad or low-stakes games. I feel like for me at least the swiss format this year was the best in a long time with more hype matches and series than any group stage I can remember.
Yeah, I totally agree. Old group stage had too many zero-stake games. This year, every swiss game might decide if a team would go home early
I do miss the times of old where all teams got to play on the main stage at least once. I hope I’ll be proven wrong next week but ever since Valve stepped away and gave the whole thing to PGL The International hasn’t felt the same.